JUDGMENT in the case of a police constable who beat up his boss accusing him of having an affair with his wife was yesterday postponed to Monday because the magistrate was not ready with the ruling.
SILAS NKALA
Nkayi magistrate Ndumo Masuku was expected to pass judgment in the case, but postponed it to March 11 saying he was still working on it.
On Monday, Tinashe Munhamo’s wife Moreblessing Chitengedza, who was a witness for the defence, told the court that her husband had found the senior police officer sitting on their matrimonial bed at midnight.
Munhamo (22) is denying assaulting his boss Inspector Newyear Rera (39) and is out of custody on $100 bail.
At the close of the State case, four police officers had testified against Munhamo.
They told the court that on the day in question Munhamo was violent, which led to his arrest at the police station.
The prosecutor Maxwell Hapanyengwi told the court that Munhamo accused his boss, the officer-in-charge of the police construction section in Nkayi, of having a love affair with his wife.
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On January 19 at 12 midnight, Rera left his residence going to his office.
Munhamo allegedly way-laid him and struck him on the neck with an unknown object.
Rera fell down and Munhamo again struck him on the left foot with a stone.
He allegedly threatened to stab him with a knife.
But Rera grabbed Munhamo’s hand, freed himself from his attacker’s grip and fled to the charge office where he made a report.
Munhamo allegedly pursued him to the charge office where he threatened to assault him further, but was restrained by colleagues who later detained him.
